Tag: Creative Wonders

Colorado Man’s Close-Up Photos of Perfect 12-Point Snowflakes Look Incredibly Amazing

Armed with camera gear and a single black sock, a Colorado man has amassed a mind-blowing photo series of magnified snowflakes that look so complex and perfect that it’s hard to believe they’re real. Colorado-born and raised, 51-year-old “storm doctor” Jason Persoff is a father of three, a physician, and an associate professor of medicine…


Artist ‘Grows’ Corals, Flowers, and Fungi on Discarded Objects Turning Them Into Artworks

Stéphanie Kilgast’s delightful artwork is a kaleidoscopic display of flowers, coral, sea creatures, and fungi appearing to grow out of pieces of trash. The intricate models would be extraordinary on their own, but the way they’ve been placed onto discarded objects, emerging from the trash, gives them a deeper meaning. It was an exploration of…


Family Goes Viral for Christmas Gingerbread House Contest, ‘It’s Always Been a Family Thing’

A fun-loving family is going viral for their Christmas gingerbread house contest, an annual tradition that has turned into an epic battle for the top spot—with each entry more dazzling than the last. Jack Tortora, 23, of Long Island, New York, has enjoyed his family’s holiday tradition for the last seven years. A University of…


Husband Buys Wife’s Childhood Historic Home Built in 1906, Transforms It Back to Its Former Glory

Brimming with history and wistful ruminations, Jessica Miller’s old childhood home sits nestled on Union Street in the heart of downtown Concord, North Carolina. She and her family first moved in around the late 1980s, but its once-glorious Edwardian architecture—displaying a grand columned façade—was originally erected in 1906 by the Archibalds, according to the current…


Photos: These Are Some of the Most Mesmerizing Holiday Light Displays From Around the World

With the holiday season upon us, people around the world are using lights as a way to broadcast their season’s greetings. From modest Christmas trees to million-dollar displays, holiday light shows of all shapes and sizes are a feast for the eyes and heartwarming for the soul. Some of the world’s most impressive holiday light…


Historic Photographer of the Year 2022: Photos of the World’s Most Historic Places

History Hit, the famous streaming video platform founded by the award-winning British historian Dan Snow, has announced the winners of its 2022 Historic Photographer of the Year competition—and the images are outstanding. Emblems of the past from around the globe were captured using landscape, urban, and aerial photography in novel ways or from novel perspectives….


PHOTOS: Bird Photographer Captures Bald Eagles Hunting Fish From Alaskan Seas

For a British-born bird photographer living in Alaska, the trifecta of ideal wind, sun, and tide conditions came together on one magical day. The result was a dynamic photo of a bald eagle with a six-foot wing span snatching its dinner from the surface of the sea, with composition so perfect it rivals a painting….


UK Painter Renders Larger-Than-Life Lions, Titanic Tigers in Exquisitely Fine Detail on Giant Canvases

British artist Julie Rhodes paints massive canvases that feature larger-than-life-size wild cats that are so realistic, the majestic beasts seem to be transported right into the room. Through her ferocious feline paintings, Rhodes hopes to instill “the feeling of being stood in the presence of a lion or a tiger for a moment in time,”…


Photographer’s Timely Shots Capture the Goofy Shenanigans of Street Cats in Japan

A patient photographer is eliciting smiles from cat lovers everywhere with his perfectly-timed photos of street cats in Japan. It took 44-year-old Masayuki Oki of Kobe City in Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture some time behind the camera to fall in love with his medium. However, it wasn’t long before the social behavior and goofy antics of street…


Winged Prism: Award-Winning Photos of Hummingbirds and Their Rainbow-Like Wings

Acclaimed photographer Christian Spencer’s exclusive photos of hummingbirds with their wings illuminated like prisms are magical, otherworldly, and entirely natural. “My photos are a photoshop-free zone,” the 45-year-old photographer told The Epoch Times. Spencer, an Australian-born professional artist, filmmaker, and photographer, currently lives in Brazil. He uses a semi-professional camera and does not deploy any…